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GENTLEMAN OF BOSTON, 

OCCASIONED BY SOME ILL TREATMENT EXPERIENCED 


I. H. WADDELL, from ANDREW ALLEN, Esq. 
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Sir, 

I took the opportunity of seeing my 
countryman, Mr. Skinner the Vice Consul* on 
Saturday morning. After the usual words of civili¬ 
ty, I said ‘Mr. Skinner, I was with a gentleman 
yesterday, who desired ,f or rather advised me to 
see you and acquaint you with my great distress, 
and desire to get to Halifax, and entreat your 
assistance upon the ©ccass^.’—Before I had 
proceeded farther, Mr. Skinner began to smile, 
observing it was a little extraordinary, after there 
had been so many opportunities that had passed, 
for going to Halifax, that I should now be desirous 
to go, when there was no opportunity. I proceed¬ 
ed, you need not laugh Mr. Skinner, I am very 
serious, and it is a serious application: there is now 

* So informed by Mr. S. F. Coolidge, of the Consular Of-] 
fice, late Clerk to Mr. Skinner, and I believe now a Partner. 

t Desired, &c. the premeditated and precise words. 


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a vessel that I can go in, and it will sail to-morrow. 
Mr. Skinner replied, is there ? I did not know that. 
W. Yes, there is ; and it is going to Eastport. S. 
Oh ! Eastport! I have nothing to do with Eastport. 
W. But I have; and I shall go to Halifax, by way 
of Eastport. S. There will be a Cartel in a day o? 
two, and you may (I believe he said will) go in 
that. Well, sir, since that is the case, will you 
have the goodness to send me to a house, where I 
can board for a few days: my situation is wrought 
up to excessive great distress, and I stand in need 
of any friendly assistance I can obtain —I paused 
to see if Mr. Skinner would make any reply—- 
which he not doing; I said, Mr. Skinner, may I 
take the liberty to ask—are you a Nephew of Ad¬ 
miral Sawyer ? I wish you was. S. said, No, sir; 
but I have the pleasure of knowing Admiral Saw¬ 
yer. W. Very like, sir, I wish I knew him; but 
I’ll endeavour to know him as soon as possible.—- 
Will you be so good, Mr. Skinner, as to let me 
have a dollar or two, to bear my expences for a 
few days; Skinner remaining mute, I proceeded— 
will you afford me a meals Victuals ? S. Sir, I 
don’t keep a House ! I went on, but you keep a 
quarter of a dollar in your pocket, Mr. Skinner! 
Will you let me have a quarter of a dollar, to get 
a dinner. Ere I had proceeded thus far, a per- 


son came into the Counting House, who Mr. Skin¬ 
ner familiarly addressing—said, Ah! Mr. Gardner, 
I expected you was at Halifax. He replied, his 
Brother was gone in his stead. I spoke to the 
stranger—sir, may I take the liberty of asking you, 
if you are a British subject ? He said No, sir, I am 
not. I continued to address Mr. Skinner—will 
you, sir, have the goodness to let me have a dollar, 
or a quarter of a dollar—no answer, but evasive 
reply’s. Mr. Skinner, I have to acknowledge you 
have kept your word with me, certainly much to 
my astonishment—you will recollect, when I men¬ 
tioned to you two months ago, in the Exchange 
Coffee-house, that the Consul had used me in the 
most shameful manner, you replied, then I should 
be used xvorse* and my answer, that was impossi¬ 
ble ; but I have to ask your pardon, sir, I was rather 

* What gave rise to this was as follows :—On the 28th Aug. 
1 left a note at Mr. Skinner’s, in Federal-Street, requesting 
an answer, which not obtaining, about the 3d or 4th Septem¬ 
ber meeting Mr. Skinner in the Exchange Coffee-House, I 
spoke to him, and said, You have not had the goodness Mr. 
Skinner to send any answer, or take any notice of my letter. 
He replied, “Go to the Consul.” I answered, The Consul has 
used me in the most shameful manner. He immediately said, 
‘Then you’ll be used worse.” I instantly replied, That’s 
impossible, sir,—and we dispersed. T he Consul’s abuse of 
me to Capt. Dacres was sometifnc subsequent to this. 


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mistaken in my apprehension of possibilities, you 
was perfectly correct, sir, and have kept your word* 
He has used me worse, and he has contributed &s 
far as was in his power, by his insolence and arro¬ 
gance, by his slander and falsehood, to reduce me 
to beg from door to door he has cowardly and 
infamously abused me ; he has called me a damn'd 
rascal , not in my presence, but in the presence of 
respectable witnesses, Captain Dacres and the per¬ 
son I sent, and consequently deprived me of a pas¬ 
sage to Halifax and to Europe. Pray, sir, are you 
acquainted with one Henderson ,f a stout man, a 
fat fellow? You know him! If you don’t, the 

* Mr. Pratt and Mr. Boot, two English merchants of Boston. 

It is to be observed, that a week previous to the 7th of No¬ 
vember, the time of this interview with Skinner, I had learned 
the fate of an intended appeal and application from me to 
Halifax from this Henderson, viz. that my letters and a bill 
of Exchange for £0 pounds sterling, I sent for Halifax, were 

not taken, and was told by Henderson they were in-his 

necessary. On relating this fellow’s conduct to me, I was 
informed by a person who knows both the Consul and Hen¬ 
derson, that the Consul was a particular friend of his, &c. 
and from Henderson’s behaviour to me, and the information 
I received, 1 had no doubt Henderson had been instructed by 
the Consul to insult me in the manner he did, and that Hen¬ 
derson, (to please the Consul, or at his request,} had prevail¬ 
ed on Gillis, a master of a ship lately brought in as a prize,) 
with whom I sent my letters, to destroy my letters and bill of 


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Consul does, they are very intimate, I understand ; 
they are probably tippling companions. Mr. Skin¬ 
ner now advanced upon me. Sir, I am not to be 
intimidated; you must retreat as many paces 
backward: I now come not here to ask for charity, 
I have tried that these five months, and have found 
it totally useless : this is the British Consul’s office, 
and I now stand here for right and justice. Mr. Skin¬ 
ner now put on his hat, and going towards the door, 
threatened to fetch authority. Pray begone, sir, I 
shall then have leisure to set down and take breath. 
But Mr. Skinner, before he had got to the door, 
returned and said, Sir, if it was not for your misfor¬ 
tunes, you should not behave in this way. I. re¬ 
joined, Sir, if it was not for mv misfortunes, you 
would not treat me as you have done ; nor should 
the Consul dare to do so, unredressed, or unre¬ 
sented by me. You will recollect, sir, I have ap¬ 
peared here with a shirt as black as your coat, in 
the most deplorable and starving state, begging 
the means to obtain a meals victuals ! Would you 
afford it me ? No—and I am convinced you would 
not give me a drink of water was it to save my life. 

exchange, or hand them over to the Consul, all of which I am 
ready to produce a particular account of. This Henderson is 
a British subject, and has been sent away. And these letters 
and bill were suppressed or kept back by the Consul. 


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Mr. Gardner here interposed, and said, Why 
don’t you try, sir ? I replied, sir, I have been try¬ 
ing these live months, I say, without ceasing. Mr. 
Gardner (a stranger to me, I never saw him before, 
and I believe does not live in Boston) now took 
upon him to side with Mr. Skinner. Sir, you 
have no authority to judge here, you are to¬ 
tally unacquainted with any of the circumstances ; 
you have acknowledged yourself a stranger ; this is 
a contention between Englishman and Englishman, 
and I beg not to be interrupted. Mr. Gardner re¬ 
mained silent, made no reply. I then continued— 
Sir, you would not afford me a meals victuals, be¬ 
cause I could not prove I was an Englishman; 
Sir, recollect my low situation, to ask for a cent to 
pay the toll to Charlestown, when one of those 
young gentlemen gave me a six cent piece. A 
man that would use me as the Consul has done, 
would maliciously deprive me of existence ; and I 
am convinced he said the truth, when he told me 
you perfectly ‘concur’—concur ! yes, I know you 
heartily concur in his unfeeling brutality, in his in¬ 
solence and oppression ; and every time I see you, 
I am more and more convinced of it. Indeed, ye 
are properly suited and well calculated to concur: 
you send me to the Consul, and he shuts the door 


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in my face and rejects me as neither subject nor 
object, telling me he has conferred with you and 
you concur.* 

Is the Consul appointed and paid by the British 
government for trampling upon the King’s best 
subjects, of which I assert myself one ! Sir, (to 
Gardner) I have lived in England, where by the 
principles of justice, and the laws of my country, 
I have seen the highest culprits brought to shame 
and condign punishment. Sir, I have seen a Gov¬ 
ernor hanged!+ and a King’s SonJ disgracefully, 
properly cashiered^from his station, the King his 
Father, not able to save him ! And I trust, I shall 
never be of less regard than a private Soldier, or 
less perfect or deserving attention, than “a wanton, 
ambling Nymph ; 5, || (a laugh from Gardner, &c.) 


* Strengthening his deeission, and confirming my sentence 
to all the horrors and evils of starvation. N. B. These 
words “Strengthening, &c.” were not expressed, but the in¬ 
ference is reasonable and rational, as the fact was, and my 
fears and apprehensions were. 


f Wall, Governor of Gone, executed in Feb. 1802, for the 
death of James Armstrong. a J» 


J The Duke of York, for misapplying the trust of his office, 
as Commander in Chief. 

1} Mrs. Clark, the cher ami of His Royal Highness. 

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and I trust the Consul will not remain more secure; 
that he will not viciously oppress, or misbehave 
himself with impunity, no more than the condemn¬ 
ed Governor, or His Royal Highness! But this, 
sir, you may rest assured, I will at all events, take 
the satisfaction of exposing the circumstances and 
manner 1 have been used, and whether it will be 
more to the Consul’s and your satisfaction than to 
my disgrace, I will leave your own feelings to de¬ 
termine ; and I now tell you, Mr. Skinner, I know 
and practice good manners better than your supe¬ 
rior, the Consul. 

I then left the office, asking in the most civil 
way, Mr. Gardner’s name ; but he would not in¬ 
form me. In my fury I had forgot his name, but 
soon recollected it. 

The whole of the above took place in the pre¬ 
sence of the two young Clerks and Mr. Gardner, 
as related, and if, sir, you knew the whole extent 
of my provocation, the incessently repeated insult¬ 
ing scorn of Messrs. Allen and Co. you could not 
think my indignation and resentment too great. 

I repeat, sir, the continued insulting scorn, the 
injury and injustice which I continued to experi¬ 
ence from Messrs. Allen and Skinner, from May, 
to the 7th November, when Mr. Skinner triumph- 


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antly smiled at my submssion and disappointment, 
provoked me thus to answer scorn with scorn, an<J 
contumely with contumely, 

I am, Sir, 

Your greatly obliged, and 

Humble Servant, 

I. H. WADDELL 








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